Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Discourse

Discourse

Discourse is an open source discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet.

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Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Discourse are Flarum, phpBB, and NodeBB. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Flarum Landing Page
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Flarum

Flarum is the next-generation forum software that makes online discussion fun. It's simple, fast, and free.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Community Platform #Forums #Forums And Forum Software 38 social mentions
phpBB Landing Page
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phpBB

Raspberry Pi. The Raspberry Pi is a cheap, credit-card sized computer. The official website uses phpBB for their discussion forums. phpBB is not affiliated with nor responsible for any of the sites listed on the showcase.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Community Platform #Forums 2 social mentions
NodeBB Landing Page
3

NodeBB

NodeBB Forum Software - A better community platform for the modern web. NodeBB is a next generation forum software that's free and easy to use.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Community Platform #Forums #Forums And Forum Software 3 social mentions
MyBB Landing Page
4

MyBB

MyBB is a discussion board software that runs on PHP and MySQL
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Community Platform #Forums #Forums And Forum Software 8 social mentions
PunBB Landing Page
5

PunBB

PunBB is a fast and lightweight PHP-powered discussion board.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Community Platform #Forums #Forums And Forum Software
FluxBB Landing Page
6

FluxBB

FluxBB is a fast, light, user-friendly forum application for your website.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Community Platform #Forums #Forums And Forum Software 3 social mentions
Simple Machines Forum Landing Page
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Simple Machines Forum

Simple Machines offers free open source software such as SMF, the powerful and easy to use community forum written in PHP. Start interesting discussions on your website!
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Community Platform #Forums #Forums And Forum Software 4 social mentions
BuddyPress Landing Page
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BuddyPress

WordPress social networking in a box.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social Network #Decentralised Social Network 15 social mentions
PHPBack Landing Page
9

PHPBack

Open source customer feedback software
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Help Desk #Forums #Customer Support
iTribe.io Landing Page
10

iTribe.io

iTribe is an open source community engagement platform. Secure, user-friendly and feature-rich, it makes safe community building easy and engaging. iTribe is a great alternative for Facebook Groups and Discourse, with more control and features.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Paid
- Free Trial
- $100.0 / Monthly
#Community Platform #Open Source #Community Management
Minds Landing Page
11

Minds

The open-source, encrypted social network that expands your reach for using it.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social Network #Decentralized Social Network 1 social mentions
Apache Answer Landing Page
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Apache Answer

A Q&A platform software for teams at any scales. Whether it’s a community forum, help center, or knowledge management platform, you can always count on Answer.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Free
#Knowledge Management #Forums And Forum Software #Office & Productivity 1 social mentions